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Steve Jobs is dead.
Eóin:
Don't have to like the guy, but if you don't respect what he accomplished, you are missing a critical piece of your brain ...-http://themanwhonevermissed.blogspot.com/2011/10/snipers.html
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Nothing's missing from my brain, truth is I don't respect what he accomplished because I don't respect how he accomplished it.
Renegade:
Don't have to like the guy, but if you don't respect what he accomplished, you are missing a critical piece of your brain ...-http://themanwhonevermissed.blogspot.com/2011/10/snipers.html
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Nothing's missing from my brain, truth is I don't respect what he accomplished because I don't respect how he accomplished it.
-Eóin (October 26, 2011, 09:53 AM)
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I'm split. Part of me has to give him credit for a lot of what he did. Another part of me has to give him credit in the same way that I'd give Pol Pot credit for his "accomplishments".
As for respect, well... The first part there, sure. The second, not so much.
kfitting:
For me the problem is the extremes: Jobs was very good at what he did and revolutionized tech... he's not perfect, and he's not evil. I try to stay in the middle (which has it's own pitfalls). I did find this CNN piece interesting though:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/short-takes-are-we-turning-steve-jobs-into-a-saint/?hpt=hp_c2
Stoic Joker:
Jobs was very good at what he did and revolutionized tech... marketing-kfitting (October 26, 2011, 11:26 AM)
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FTFY :)
wraith808:
Nothing's missing from my brain, truth is I don't respect what he accomplished because I don't respect how he accomplished it.
-Eóin (October 26, 2011, 09:53 AM)
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There's a difference between the accomplishment and the business behind the accomplishment. People seem to discard the one for the other. I don't think we'd be where we are with smartphones, tablets, nor music players if not for these accomplishments. It's not as if he was responsible for any of the innovations- but the design behind the implementations that Apple utilized pushed the market because they were able to see financial feasibility in the concepts. To ignore that is to throw the baby out with the bathwater IMO.
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